One man is dead and a woman injured from multiple gunshot wounds as a result of a domestic violence incident that took place in Uintah County late Saturday night.
The Uintah County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Sunday afternoon that officers were responding to reports of a family fight at 2425 W. 500 North in the Canyon Villas Townhouses on Saturday at 10:40 p.m. The dispatch was soon updated to a “shots fired” incident.
Upon arrival, deputies found a woman in a neighbor’s residence who had been shot multiple times. Deputies were directed to a nearby residence where the shooter, a man, was believed to have fled. After a short search, the man was discovered, dead from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot.
Witnesses reported that a physical altercation between the man and woman had been audible from their residence. At one point, the woman fled to a neighbor’s house, seeking assistance. The man followed and shot her multiple times with a handgun as the neighbor was letting her in. The woman and the neighbor were able to get inside and wait until police and emergency service crews arrived.
The woman was transported to Ashley Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, and subsequently airlifted to a facility in Salt Lake City for further treatment.
The investigation is ongoing.
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